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Originally Posted by Norrin Radd
In my opinion, the dropping of the Atom bomb is a somewhat pointless debate.
I believe there are far more important and pressing topics facing us and I am just not willing to spend a lot of time on this one. I just threw in my 2 cents and that is that.
If I had been an American soldier during WWII, especially in the Pacific Theater, I probably would have supported the use of the atom bomb, although I believe I may have regretted it latter on in life.
If you look at how we use weapons today, we would never, ever, fire bomb a major city this day in age. Of course we have weapons which are able to hit precise targets now, so firebombing is not necessary.
You are correct about the difficulty of bombing precise targets during WWII. It was very difficult to do so in the best of conditions and in tough conditions, like flying at 30,000 feet, it was almost impossible to hit targets more than a tiny percentage of the time.
I still believe a blockade could have worked, but the American people were tired of war and they wanted their husbands, brothers and sons to come home.
Anyways, thanks for the discussion.
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Youve made a good contribution, thank you.
For me one must judge the poeple by the standards of the day and what they had went through.
One cant forget that the US was ANGRY when it fought Japan, your country hated these people. It wasnt just pearl harbour, it was Batan and a whole host of other atrocities.
On must also understand the psycholigical importance of complete victory. The US lost alot of men fighting the Japanese, as did the allies. To end this fighting in a slow blockade hoping the Japs would see sense soon would be unacceptable to most of the servicemen and the Allies in general.
Although civilians are not responsible for the conduct of the military, that is a modern notion that was not tightly applied in WW2. Add to the fact that civilians IN GENERAL are in fact collectively responsible as the military grows out from them and their culture.
As for the A bomb, although I dont disagree with its dropping. I do recognise it as the biggest single act of terrorism the world has ever seen given the fact that it was a move designed not to destroy but to induce pure terror.